2016/17 CL Playoff: AS Roma v FC Porto

I am no fan of AC Milan, but comparing their results in Europe to Roma's (or Juventus's) is silly.

breva wrote:Roma is a weird team in Europe. They are able to lose amazingly. Didn't they lose 7-0 once?

7-1 twice. 6-1 once.

This is kind compared to those annihilations.

We would, even though we suck.

I just can't believe I hyped up Roma, never again. They've fooled me one too many times ffs.

Roma

This could be a blessing in disguise if Roma does will in EL, coeffs will swing back to Serie A

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Roma's squad is miles better than Milan but the weak mentality and these implosions and are unique to Roma amongst Serie A teams. No one fights themselves as much they do. Even Palermo manages to underachieve less.

So who will Roma sell?

ES wrote:This could be a blessing in disguise if Roma does will in EL, coeffs will swing back to Serie A

Coefficients won't matter if the new CL gets approved.

Casciavit wrote:So who will Roma sell?

Paredes

Paradise

It's the loser mentality. Doesn't matter how good these players are, how good the coach is....it's in this club's DNA. Every 20 years or so, the stars align, the Earth rotates just right on it's axis and we win something meaningful...and then it's another 20-30 years of obscurity.

It's not our time yet.....by my watch, we have another decade.

rincon wrote:

ES wrote:This could be a blessing in disguise if Roma does will in EL, coeffs will swing back to Serie A

Coefficients won't matter if the new CL gets approved.

How convenient for EPL..

Is Chelsea still going to go for 9golan?

A 9golan - Matic - Kante midfield is what Conte dreams of.

FT 0-3

Right, time to get cracking on Paredes, you owe us one for taking that hack Berto off your hands

Roma is more of a Europa League team anyway. Watching this, I doubt they will do much better in the EL, though.

Porto are EL quality themselves tbh. If this is what an EL-caliber team can do to us, we don't deserve EL football either.

Whatever. Now we have to deal with the cash and player drain that is the EL. That's our punishment. And we damn well better take it like men.

Can't believe Emerson is 2nd choice, what happened to Dodo? Remember reading he was recalled

we will take Manolas off of your hands Roma pls

Nope, he's still somewhere in the lower rungs of Inter, I think.

He never came back to Roma.

RIP Roma season 16/17

McLewis wrote:

Spoiler:

I just hate it when he is sad. Just retire u goat  ffs

Casciavit wrote:So who will Roma sell?

Nothing , but they won't improve the team. My Roman sources talked about Roma close to sign Borja Valero

Adit wrote:Serie zzz

When the third placed teams can't qualify for CL . One place should be revoked , not added. It has become closer to Ligue 1 than to top leagues.

It was clear even before than yesterday tbh.
There is just a big team to compete against the nothing  and besides it signs the best players from alleged contenders

Roma exit boosts Juve and Napoli
By Football Italia staff

Roma’s Champions League exit not only damages them financially, but it boosts the coffers of Juventus and Napoli.

The Giallorossi crashed out of the competition in the preliminary round, losing 4-1 on aggregate to Porto, and will enter the Europa League group phase instead.

This changes the way the money from the Champions League, including TV rights, are divided up.

Roma will only get €10m, while the remaining €100m will be split between Juventus and Napoli.

The first €50m is divided thusly: €27.5m to Juventus and €22.5m to Napoli (55 per cent to 45 per cent).

The second €50m will depend on how many games they each take part in during the course of the Champions League.



A big THANK YOU to Roma for the extra cash, we really needed it tbh...

Looks like Roma could have used Pjanic today. And Napoli could have used Higuain last weekend...

We've lost worse games with Pjanic on the pitch, it would've changed nothing.